For undergraduate student Lamin Conteh, service defines how he gives back. The ROTC cadet knew early on that he enjoyed caring for and helping people, but he didn’t discover his passion until he started volunteering with the United Services Organization (USO) in its veteran’s affairs department. After enrolling at IUPUI, Conteh discovered the philanthropic studies… Read more »
By Bryan Roesler When my partner, Ashleigh Graves-Roesler, and I embarked on a 27-month journey to Ukraine with the Peace Corps, we were ready for a new adventure. We expected our service to be a short hiatus in our fundraising careers, fully planning to pick up where we left off when we returned to the… Read more »
During their time at the school, undergraduate students learn how to articulate the causes they care about and pursue careers based on those passions. Throughout this series, students from Dr. Patricia Snell Herzog’s course shared various lessons that they’ve learned in visits to a variety of organizations. In their final class visit, students went to… Read more »
As part of their visit to a third nonprofit organization in Dr. Patricia Snell Herzog’s undergraduate course, students reflected on linking their degree with a direct path to the philanthropic sector, as well as the importance of saying ‘yes.’ “Learning from the people we met with at Red Cross gave me examples of what kind… Read more »
On November 4, 2014, Kelly Mitchell won the election to become Indiana’s 55th Treasurer of State. Four years earlier, she graduated from the then-Center on Philanthropy (now Lilly Family School of Philanthropy) with a master’s degree in philanthropic studies. What brought her to the school, what took her to public office, and how is she… Read more »